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(11) EP 3 261 701 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
03.01.2018 Bulletin 2018/01

(21) Application number: 16756357.6

(22) Date of filing: 25.02.2016
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61M 25/00(2006.01)
A61M 25/16(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2016/019564
(87) International publication number:
WO 2016/138263 (01.09.2016 Gazette 2016/35)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 27.02.2015 US 201562121606 P
14.01.2016 US 201662278803 P

(71) Applicant: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.
South Jordan, UT 84095 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LAMPROPOULOS, Fred
    Salt Lake City, Utah 84108 (US)
  • ACCISANO III, Nicholas
    Howell, New Jersey 07731 (US)
  • MOTTOLA, Jim
    West Jordan, Utah 84088 (US)
  • HANSEN, Andrew S.
    Bluffdale, Utah 84065 (US)

(74) Representative: Wallinger Ricker Schlotter Tostmann 
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte mbB Zweibrückenstraße 5-7
80331 München
80331 München (DE)

   


(54) PRESSURE-SENSING CATHETERS AND RELATED METHODS